OpenAI uses your chat conversations to train its AI by default. You have to actively go into your settings and turn this off yourself.
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The clause establishes a default data usage practice where user content contributes to model development operations, with an opt-out mechanism available rather than an opt-in requirement. This structure makes content training participation the operational default unless affirmatively disabled.
The updated policy removes language describing how OpenAI uses advertiser and data partner information to personalize ads and measure ad effectiveness. The policy also removes the specific mechanism Free and Go users previously had to control ad personalization through account settings. In exchange, the policy adds explicit authorization for OpenAI to identify which of a user's contacts use OpenAI services and to monitor all content submitted on the platform for fraud and misuse detection. The authorization to monitor content and identify contacts now appears in the main policy purposes section rather than in supplementary documentation. You can review the Korea Addendum if you are located in South Korea to understand region-specific privacy rules.
View change record →The updated policy removes language that previously described ad personalization controls available to Free and Go users through account settings, though the policy continues to authorize OpenAI to personalize ads and measure their effectiveness for these user tiers. Previously, the policy explicitly stated that 'For Free and Go users, you can use the advertising controls in your account settings to control what data we use to personalize the ads we show you on our Services.' This language is no longer present in the updated version. The policy still lists ad personalization as an authorized use of personal data for Free and Go users, but no longer explicitly describes how users can access controls to manage this practice. You should verify whether advertising controls remain functional in your OpenAI account settings, as the policy no longer explicitly references them.
View change record →The updated policy removes specific language stating that OpenAI receives advertiser data to personalize ads shown to Free and Go users. It also removes reference to account-level advertising controls previously described in account settings. These removals are replaced with broader language authorizing OpenAI to promote products through direct marketing and third-party properties, subject to choices and controls, but the terms no longer explicitly describe what advertiser data is collected, from whom, or how to manage it at the account level. The policy now requires users to follow a 'learn more' link to understand ad personalization controls, rather than documenting those controls directly in the privacy policy.
View change record →Your chat conversations, including potentially sensitive personal information, are used by default to train OpenAI's AI models unless you manually opt out via account settings, placing the burden of privacy protection on the user rather than the company.
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"We use Personal Information to train, evaluate, and improve our models and Services, including to train models used to provide our Services. We may use your Content to improve model accuracy, safety, and capabilities. You can opt out of having your Content used to train our models by visiting your account settings.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates CCPA/CPRA Cal. Civ. Code §1798.121 (right to limit use of sensitive personal information), §1798.120 (right to opt-out of sale/sharing); FTC Act Section 5 (15 U.S.C. §45) regarding adequacy of consumer disclosure; state comprehensive privacy laws (Virginia VCDPA §59.1-578, Colorado CPA §6-1-1306) regarding consent for secondary use of personal data; and potentially HIPAA 45 CFR §164.502 if any health information is inadvertently disclosed in chat. The California Privacy Protection Agency and FTC are primary enforcement authorities. (2)
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The clause establishes a default data usage practice where user content contributes to model development operations, with an opt-out mechanism available rather than an opt-in requirement. This structure makes content training participation the operational default unless affirmatively disabled.
Your chat conversations, including potentially sensitive personal information, are used by default to train OpenAI's AI models unless you manually opt out via account settings, placing the burden of privacy protection on the user rather than the company.
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